The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 2 letter word LIE TO
I've seen this crossword clue in Independent
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More clues leading to the result LIE TO
- Stop at sea to tell some tales?
- More or less stop, in the main to deceive
- Almost stop over after one’s cut rent
- Halt progress, at sea? Sign alternates with it
- Deceive leaders of tournament on position of ball
- Misinform – ship’s to show no sign of movement
- Fabrication beside fine fabric
- Blair kept box in which even letters deceive
- Be prone to deceive
- Keep still in boat as attempt to deceive
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The straight part
We know that "Misinform/ship’s to show no sign of movement" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case misinform/ship’s to show no sign of movement = lie to.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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